I think we are all quite disappointed that this game is abandoned. Few games have created the expectation, the following and have had the potential Project Sage manage to generate. It truly had the potential of being one of the greats and the proof is that months later we are still lurking this thread, crossing fingers. Other games that have tried to follow this one, by inspiration or imitation, have been close to the level of this one.
In a way, it reminds me a little bit to
The Coceter Chronicles, which was abandoned due to more tragic circumstances according to what I read at the time quite a while back. But it is a game still remembered. Here, I don't know if Paperwork got tired, bored, his circumstances changed, he has no more free time or something more serious happened. To develop a game is a long process to which one dedicates a lot of hours, and life happens at the same time.
I just hope that Paperworks knows that, if he decided to resume the development of the game, perhaps not today but who knows, maybe tomorrow, in a few months or whenever, that he has the support of the community because this game could be a top ten if completed. Nothing else to do but to wait and see.